DHL Supply Chain is shuttering a facility in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice emailed to Supply Chain Dive.
The closure will impact 268 employees, with layoffs slated to start Nov. 10, per the WARN notice. Affected employees include general managers, fulfillment specialists and operations supervisors.
“DHL Supply Chain was recently informed of a decision by one of our customers to restructure its distribution channels. As a result, the warehouse facility that supports their operations will ramp down through the end of the year,” the logistics company told Supply Chain Dive in an email.
They added that they will work with their associates to determine future opportunities.
Changing business needs have led to DHL Supply Chain network adjustments beyond Elizabethtown. Earlier this year, the logistics company announced 170 job cuts due to a warehouse closure in Indiana. Last December, the company closed a facility in Ohio due to changing customer needs, impacting 264 employees. A similar reason prompted the closure of two DHL Supply Chain facilities in California in 2023.
Not all network adjustments have been warehouse closures. In 2023, DHL Supply Chain announced plans to expand its footprint of automated warehouses. All four facilities will be equipped with automated storage and retrieval systems intended to improve throughput.
